River Church Sutton

Analysis

River Church Sutton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in June 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, River Church Sutton reported income of £256k and spending of £199k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £175k to £256k (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, River Church Sutton sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Caris Camden (£256k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, Barnstaple (£256k) and Swale Foodbank (£256k).